God Is LOVE

Jesus said: A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. John 13:34-35

Question: If this is not how we are known, when will we start?

Let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. 1 John 4:7-11

Question: Is this how we love?

We know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother. 1 John 4:16-21

PRAYER:

Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank you for all the people ( mom, dad, wife Cindi, daughter Kayla, Fairfax Church of Christ brothers and sisters, Mark Lowenstein - deaf minister at Fairfax, Frederick Church of Christ brothers and sisters, Dirk Albrecht - deaf minister at Frederick, our Heavenly Father, and His only son Jesus) you have bless me with love. Thank you for the blessings you have provided me. They have blessed my life in so many ways, so I'm asking you now to bless their lives with your grace, power, and Spirit.

In Jesus name I pray.
Amen.